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In this episode of Build Without Chaos, Colleen Goepfert talks with Emily Jordan from Midi about what it takes to scale in a category where trust is fragile and standard growth playbooks fall short.
Emily stepped into Midi at a moment when the women’s health market was loud, emotionally charged, and moving fast. Rather than defaulting to familiar B2B or B2C tactics, she made deliberate choices around pace, credibility, and restraint. Those decisions shaped how Midi grew, protected trust, and built momentum without sacrificing care.
This conversation explores what happens when judgment matters more than tactics and when knowing what not to scale is just as important as knowing how to grow.
What We Discuss:
• Why traditional growth playbooks did not apply in this category
• Trust as a constraint to scale, not a byproduct of it
• Choosing credibility over speed in emotionally charged markets• Founder-led storytelling versus paid scale
• Slowing growth intentionally to protect clinical quality• Leading mission-driven and market-driven teams at the same time
• Letting go of perfectionism in high growth environments
Why This Episode Matters:
This episode is for operators, marketing leaders, founders, and executives building in complex or high-stakes categories where getting it wrong can do real damage. If you are navigating growth without a clear template or questioning whether the usual rules apply, this conversation offers perspective grounded in experience, not theory.
Connect:
Website: buildwithoutchaos.com
Colleen Goepfert: linkedin.com/in/colleengoepfert
Emily Jordan: linkedin.com/in/emilyjordangargas-mba/
